the military has seen this so- called quantum stealth technology. works by bending the light around an object, even concealing most of a person's shadow. imagine what that could do for a sniper, hiding in a field. or the american pilots ejected over libya, when their fighter jets crashed last year. >> they could actually pull out very similar to what they carry with a survival blanket, throw it over top of them. and unless you walked right into them, you wouldn't know that they were there. >> reporter: so what was once firmly in the world of make- believe could quickly become quite real. >> that is very cool. the science is in the special fabric. so you don't need a power source to make it work. so any soldier, even in the most remote location could quickly put it on and put it to work and disappear. >> wow. >>> a mixed day on wall street with money disappearing. the dow was up big. not the nasdaq. dow was up 83. s&p up 2. nasdaq down 23. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: stocks ralli